How to Apply Aquapel Glass Treatment to Your Windshield

  We see a lot of questions online about the proper way to apply Aquapel, so we have some answers today, as well as a few tricks and tips we have learned over the years of working with this product. 
    To start - the surface must be clean, weather using it on a glass shower door [...]

Aquapel Review from Pleased Customer

  We received this message from a customer who was recently in the shop for a windshield replacement and had Aquapel applied as an afterthought. 
I just wanted to let you know that the salesman that talked me into
the Aquapel treatment when I had my windshield replaced awhile ago, may
have saved my life.  About a week after [...]

Getting to the Bottom of RainX Residue

 There has been lots of comparison between RainX and Aquapel, because they are both made to serve the same purpose - windshield rain repellents.  But they work in completely different ways, with different types of chemicals. 
    RainX and similar products are silicone based materials that make a filmy layer on the windshield causing the water to roll [...]

Greater Rochester Home Show

 Ray Sands Glass is excited to announce that we will also be participating in the Greater Rochester Home Show at the end of this month.  This is always a huge event, with dozens of local businesses exhibiting all their home related products and services.  There are displays for everything from interior design to outdoor recreation, [...]

Rochester Auto Show

Ray Sands Glass will be participating in the 2008 Rochester Auto Show all this week at the Riverside Convention Center. 
2008  Rochester Auto Show Schedule:
Wednesday, February 27, 2008 - 5:00 pm to 10:00 pm
Thursday, February 28, 2008- 12:00 pm to 10:00 pm
Friday, February 29, 2008- 12:00 pm to 10:00 pm
Saturday, March 1, 2008- 11:00 am to 10:00 [...]

Aquapel - Put to the test

I found this old post on Autoblog they put Aquapel to the test versus the more well known RainX.  The results of the experiment speak for themselves and if you read the comments, most people who have tried Aquapel don’t go back to RainX.

How to Destroy Your Own Auto Glass

  Some people don’t understand the importance of using a good ice scraper or just letting the defroster do it’s work.  So instead of reiterating that lesson I thought I would talk today about some of the creative ways people think of to damage or destroy their windshields.
  One of the most frequent issues we see [...]

Aquapel Windshield Rain Repellent Treatment gets rave reviews. . .

For several years now we have carried Aquapel, a windshield rain repellent treatment. We have applied it to hundreds of cars, trucks and vans and sold thousands of the single applications to happy customers around the world.
Many of our customers have tried other products, most often they have used RainX, and hands down we [...]